Science Events

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Welcome Back!

Friday, September 12, 2025
11:30 am – 12 pm

RKC lobby
The Biology program invites all bio students, new and returning, staff, and faculty to join for a start-of-the-semester gathering!
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].

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Origin and Evolutionary History of Culex pipiens Complex Mosquitoes

A lecture by Yuki Haba, Columbia University

Friday, September 12, 2025
12 pm

Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium
Sponsored by: Biology Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].

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Summer Research Talks!

Friday, September 12, 2025
12 pm

Brody Lab - Hegeman 107
Join us for a talk by Fonsea Bagchi and Belen Gutierrez, who developed computational methods to characterize defects in optical coatings used in precision instruments like LIGO gravitational wave detectors. Using SMUTHI electromagnetic scattering simulations, their research modeled how individual defects of varying size, shape, and position within coating layers scatter light. Their work demonstrates that defect position within the coating significantly affects scattering signatures, and provides a framework for improving coating quality assessment in  gravitational wave detectors.Sponsored by: Physics Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].

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Trans Technologies

A lecture by Oliver Haimson, University of Michigan School of Information

Tuesday, September 16, 2025
3:30 pm

Preston Theater
Mainstream technologies often exclude or marginalize transgender users. Trans Technologies describes what happens when trans people take technology design into their own hands. Oliver L. Haimson, whose research into gender transition and technology has defined this area of study, draws on transgender studies and his own in-depth interviews with more than 100 creators of technology, including apps, games, health resources, extended reality systems, and supplies, to explain what trans technology is and to explore its present possibilities and limitations, as well as its future prospects.

Join us for tea and conversation with Oliver Haimson!
Enjoy an informal discussion in the Preston Study Lounge (Room 122) at 2:30 PM, before the main talk.Sponsored by: Computer Science Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].

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The (Un)predictability of Wildlife Response to Urbanization

A lecture by Ellie Diamant, Biology Program

Friday, September 19, 2025
12 pm

Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium
Sponsored by: Biology Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].

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Summer Research Talks!

Friday, September 19, 2025
12 pm

Brody Lab - Hegeman 107
Thanasis Kostikas and Yaroslav Valchyshen
Quantum computing has been at the forefront of research where Physics and Computer Science combine. Unlike classical bits, quantum computers use qubits to perform computational tasks. In this talk, we will explore the geometry and the visualization of qubits, qubit spaces, and higher-dimensional analogues of said qubits.

Eric Zhao and Lyric MateoSponsored by: Physics Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].

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Integrating Science, Technology and History to Conserve Tropical Birds

A lecture by Vijay Ramesh, Cornell University

Friday, September 26, 2025
12 pm

Reem-Kayden Center Laszlo Z. Bito '60 Auditorium
Sponsored by: Biology Program.

For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].